This is an analysis of the poem Kaiser And Co. Or Hoch Der Kaiser that begins with:

[Being Wilhelm der Grosser's estimate of himself and partner, translated from the original Hoch-deutsch.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXA bbbA cXcA XXXA cccX aaaa Xdda eeeA XaaA fffa aaaA Xeea cXca gggA hhhAXgggA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101111010000111001000010011 11011100 11111110 111101100 1011 110101111 111101011 11011111 1011 111111001 1101110110 11110101 1111 101110110 11001110 01111110 1011 11110101 10111101 11010101 1111 11110111 11111111 11111101 111111 11111111 11111111 111101101 1011 11110101 11110001 11100001 1011 111001101 11010111 11101111 1011 101011111 1111111101 11111101 1111 11111111 1101111101 11111111 1011 11110111 11001100 11111111 1111 11011101 1101111110 01110111 0111 1111111 11111111 11010111 1111 011110011 11111111 11111101 1011 011101001 1111111101 111111111111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, und, she, ve, maybe, auf are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ve, und are repeated.

    The author used the same words ve, in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word gott at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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